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Photo Contest

Here is your chance to show off your creativity on the home page of the Madrona Bear Facts Web site. Grab your digital camera (or your parents, with permission) and compose an image that portrays December’s attribute of the month: Service. Show us what “service” means to you and the Madrona community. There will be two levels of submissions, by classroom and by individual students. In December, we will be featuring three weekly winners and the grand prize winner will be revealed Dec. 21 and will remain on the home page through winter break for ultimate bragging rights! Submit your photo today by emailing it to contest@madronabearfacts.com (see below for complete requirements).

Rules

UPDATED Deadlines: To be considered for the grand prize, entries must be submitted by Dec.19 - The grand prize winner will be posted Dec. 21.

To qualify for the three weekly winners, the photo must be submitted by the following deadlines:

  • Week One: Deadline - Nov. 30 - Winner posted Dec. 3
  • Week Two: Deadline - Dec. 7 - Winner posted Dec. 10
  • Week Three: Deadline - Dec. 14 - Winner posted Dec.17

All weekly winners will also be considered for the grand prize.

Requirements

Email your entry (as a .jpg, .png or other common image file type) as an attachment to contest@madronabearfacts.com. Please keep file size to under 2MB. Images over 2 MB may be filtered out and will not be eligible.

Include the names and ages of all people identifiable in the photo. Please provide a brief explanation of what the image is about. Any information you include in the email may be used on the Web site.

Important Submission Guidelines

By submitting photographs to us, you represent that any person appearing in the image or images is NOT covered by a "Do Not Release Information Form" as filed to Madrona K-8 School or Edmonds School District.

You also represent that you are the owner of the image or have permission from the owner to do so at no charge for editorial use. You further represent the photos are not manipulated insofar as depicting reality and have not used electronic means to introduce or remove content from the photograph.

You authorize Madrona K-8, MIT, Bear Facts Website and Newsletter to publish and republish the photo, but not to sell individual reproductions of your work. You retain ownership of the work and in no way surrender any copyright. You also agree that you as owner or artist of the offered work may be identified as such when published, and that there is no guarantee of publication made by acceptance of your submission.